The 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) which ran from November 9 to 19, 2023 awarded four accomplished filmmakers for their contributions to the world of cinema and announced the winners of the juried competition and audience-choice awards.
Film Movement debuted the official trailer for How I Learned To Fly, the coming-of-age drama starring Marcus Scribner (black-ish), Lonnie Chavis (this is it), Method Man and Cedric the entertainer. The film tells the story of two teen brothers who learn to thrive and survive after been abandoned by their parents.
Cohen Media Group will release Bernard-Henri Lévy’s documentary Glory to the Heroes, an intimate look at the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians as they face invading Russian military forces.
Concrete Utopia, the disaster-thriller film selected as South Korean entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards debuted the official trailer and release date.
Jonathan Ogilvie’s post-punk coming-of-age comedy Head South will open the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Thursday 25 January 2024, with the festival running until Sunday 4 February.
Array Releasing shared the official trailer for Frybread Face and Me, the award-winning indie coming-of-age film following two adolescent Navajo cousins as they bond over a summer spent on their grandmother’s Arizona ranch.
Sony Pictures Classics debuted the official trailer for The Teachers’ Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer), the German drama film selected as the German entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Kino Lorber shared the official trailer for La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck), the French thriller starring Isabelle Huppert as Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse who becomes a whistle-blower and places her life in extreme danger.
The 39th IDA Documentary Awards announced this year’s nominees with Against the Tide, ANHELL69, Apolonia, Apolonia, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, In the Rearview, Milisuthando, Q, The Mother of All Lies and While We Watched nominated for Best Feature Documentary.
Emmy winner and three-time Academy Award® – nominee Mark Ruffalo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
HBO revealed the official trailer for Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing A Family’s Secrets, the documentary following photojournalist Amanda Mustard as she investigates the multiple sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for her performance in The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.